VI. And it is hereby further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said _John Ranby_, _Joseph Sandford_, _William Cheselden_, _Ambrose Dickins_, _William Petty_, _John Shipton_, _John Hayward_, _John Freke_, _William Pyle_, _Legard Sparham_, _James Hickes_, _Peter Sainthill_, _Noah Roul_, _John Westbrook_, _William Singleton_, and _James Phillips_, to meet at or in such Place as the said _John Ranby_, _Joseph Sandford_, and _William Cheselden_, or any two of them, shall appoint, on the first Day of _July_ one thousand seven hundred and forty-five, between the Hours of ten and two of the Clock of the same Day; and then and there to elect, choose, and appoint, out of the Freemen of the said Company or Corporation of Surgeons established and incorporated by this Act, by the Majority of Votes of such of the said sixteen Persons herein before appointed to be of the Court of Assistants, who shall be present at such Meeting, so many other Persons to be of the Court of Assistants of the same Company or Corporation, as will make the Number twenty-one, to continue in the said Office for and during their natural Lives respectively, or until they shall be respectively removed out of the said Office.
VII. And it is further enacted, That the Master, Governors, and Court of Assistants for the Time being, of the said Company of Surgeons made; established, and incorporated by this Act, shall, upon the first _Thursday_ in the Month of _July_ in the Year one thousand seven hundred and forty-six; and on the first _Thursday_ in the Month of _July_ in every succeeding Year, meet at such Place as the Master and Governors of the same Company for the Time being, or any two of them shall appoint; and then and there elect, choose, and appoint, out of their Body, by the Majority of Votes of such of the said Master, Governors, and Court of Assistants, who shall be then present, one Person to be Principal Master or Governor, and two other Persons to be Governors or Wardens of the said Company or Corporation of Surgeons, established and incorporated by this Act, for the then succeeding Year; and then and there also, in like manner, elect, choose, and appoint, out of their own Body, such other Person or Persons, to be Examiner or Examiners of Surgeons, for the same Company, in the Place or Stead of such Examiner or Examiners, as shall have happened to die, or have been removed from the said Office of Examiner, in the then next preceding Year; and also in like manner, elect, choose, and appoint, out of the Freemen of the said Company or Corporation of Surgeons established and incorporated by this Act, such Person or Persons to be of the Court of Assistants of the same Company or Corporation, in the Place and Stead of such Person or Persons who shall have happened to die in, or have been removed from, the said Office of Court of Assistants, in the then next preceding Year.